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crater

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of crater

1 to be unsuccessful

a time when businesses were cratering left and right

Synonyms of crater

bomb, collapse, fail, flame out, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, tank, wash out

Words Related to crater

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crumble, miscarry, misfire

implode, self-destruct

Phrases Synonymous with crater

come a cropper, come to grief, come up empty, die on the vine, fall flat, fall on one's face, fall short, lay an egg

Near Antonyms of crater

cook, flourish, prosper, thrive

prevail, triumph, win

Antonyms of crater

click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, succeed, work out

2 to go to a lower level especially abruptly

the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11

Synonyms of crater

crash, decline, descend, dip, dive, drop, fall, lower, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, tumble

Words Related to crater

abate, decrease, de-escalate, die (down), diminish, droop, dwindle, ebb, lessen, let up, moderate, subside, taper off, wane

recede, retreat

Near Antonyms of crater

accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mushroom, pick up, snowball, swell, wax

Antonyms of crater

arise, ascend, lift, mount, rise, soar, spike, up

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